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Albert Einstein
Nobel Prize in Physics 1921
was only his years in Aarau and Berne employee of the Federal Patent Office
that he looked back on fondly. “Einstein in Berne. His annus mirabilis fell in the
liked to think back to his time in Berne, middle of this period: in 1905 he pub
which he spoke of more often and more lished no less than five revolutionary
positively than of Zurich,” Wolfgang papers. These included the Theory of
Pauli wrote in an obituary in the Neue Special Relativity and the Light Quanta
Zürcher Zeitung. Hypothesis, for which, among other
Nonetheless, it appears he actually achievements, he was later awarded
had a good time there. From 1896 to the Nobel Prize.
1900, Einstein studied physics at ETH, Einstein then moved back to Zurich
then known as the Federal Polytech a second time, when the University
nical School. He appreciated the in created an associate professorship in
stitution’s liberal spirit: as a student theoretical physics especially for him.
there, you could “more or less do as Professor Einstein was usually ill-pre
Nobel Prize in Physics 1921 “for his services
you liked.” So he put together a study pared: his lecture notes often consisted
to theoretical physics, and especially
plan entirely to his own taste: “Some of a scrap of paper the size of a visiting
for his discovery of the laws of the photo
lectures I followed with great interest.
electric effect”
Otherwise, I skipped class often and
* 14 March 1879 in Ulm
stayed at home to study the masters 1905 was Einstein’s annus
of theoretical physics with holy fer
† 18 April 1955 in Princeton, New Jersey mirabilis: the physicist
published no less than five
vor.” This self-study took place mainly
In 1905 Albert Einstein submitted his revolu
in Hottingen, where Einstein rented
tionary paper “Eine neue Bestimmung der groundbreaking papers.
lodgings from various landladies. He
Moleküldimensionen” (A New Determination
also spent much time in the Pension card. But he was so selflessly devoted
of Molecular Dimensions) as a dissertation at
Engelbrecht at Plattenstrasse 50, where to his students that they wrote a letter
the University of Zurich.
his friend, colleague, and later wife, of protest to the education department
From 1909 to 1911 he was Professor for
Mileva Marić, had lodgings. when he moved to Prague after only
Theoretical Physics at the University of Zurich.
Einstein’s favorite leisure activity three semesters.
was playing the violin. He was regu Einstein returned to Zurich again
larly invited by Alfred Stern, a histo in 1912, this time as Professor for The
rian at the ETH, and his family, to enjoy oretical Physics at ETH. He was now
Zurich and the
a meal and make music with them. well established: he had few teaching
Annus Mirabilis
In summer, he enjoyed sailing on the responsibilities and a good salary, so
Lake of Zurich, in winter he loved hair that he could permit himself an impos
Albert Einstein and Zurich – it could
raising sledge rides on the Zürichberg. ing apartment on the Zürichberg. Otto
have been a real love story. Einstein,
And he could often be found happily Stern had followed him from Prague to
born in Ulm in 1879, was a resident of
sitting in the Café Metropol on the Zurich, as his assistant, and served as
Zurich, obtaining citizenship in 1901,
Stadthausquai. sparring partner and “calculating ma
and lived there for almost eight years
After graduating from ETH, Ein chine.” But again, Einstein only man
altogether, longer than in any other
stein worked from 1902 to 1909 as an aged to stay in Zurich for a year and a
Swiss town. In retrospect, however, it
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